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Film, Video Recovering the National Memory: The Quest for a Pre-Colonial Filipino Past

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Title

  • Recovering the National Memory: The Quest for a Pre-Colonial Filipino Past

Summary

  • Virgilio S. Almario discussed what Filipino culture means and what Philippine society values, cherishes and protects. He explored the evolution of the Filipino culture and society, which are influenced and shaped by myths, legends and folktales, especially in pre-colonial times. Drawing on symbols and artifacts in Filipino historical and literary texts, Almario discussed the importance for the Filipinos to reimagine and rediscover themselves and their heritage for a strong cultural identity. He will conclude with an analysis of the future of the Filipino culture and literature with a thought-provoking question: Are folk narratives vestiges of an irrelevant past, or wisdom for surviving the modern world? The event was co-sponsored with Sentro Rizal Washington DC and the Embassy of the Republic of the Philippines.

Names

  • Library of Congress
  • Library of Congress. Asian Division, sponsoring body

Created / Published

  • Washington, D.C. : Library of Congress, 2018-06-11.

Headings

  • -  Biography, History
  • -  Culture, Performing Arts
  • -  Government, World Affairs

Notes

  • -  Classification: Auxiliary Sciences of History.
  • -  Classification: History (General) and History of Europe.
  • -  Virgilio S. Almario.
  • -  Recorded on 2018-06-11.
  • -  Librarians, Archivists.
  • -  Researchers.
  • -  Teachers.
  • -  Virgilio S. Almario is chairman of the Philippine National Commission for Culture and the Arts (NCCA) and National Artist for Literature.

Medium

  • 1 online resource

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2021692285

Online Format

  • video
  • image
  • online text

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Chicago citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Asian Division. Recovering the National Memory: The Quest for a Pre-Colonial Filipino Past. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-11, 2018. Video. https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692285/.

APA citation style:

Library Of Congress & Library Of Congress. Asian Division, S. B. (2018) Recovering the National Memory: The Quest for a Pre-Colonial Filipino Past. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-11. [Video] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/2021692285/.

MLA citation style:

Library Of Congress, and Sponsoring Body Library Of Congress. Asian Division. Recovering the National Memory: The Quest for a Pre-Colonial Filipino Past. Washington, D.C.: Library of Congress, -06-11, 2018. Video. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/2021692285/>.